ENGLISH 2ND BACH. VOCABULARY WORK. UNIT 1 ‘Are you mobile?’

STUDENT’S BOOK, PAGES 8 AND 9

Find words and expressions which mean the following

Keep away from
Clearly
Showing dislike, criticism
Realise
Likely, maybe, perhaps
Assembled, collected together
Bothered
Appears
Danger; chance, opportunity
Hear something by chance
Affairs, something to do or talk about
Been thankful
pause
Talking
Will probably
Being sociable
Show
Come closer
Appears, turns up
Quite, rather
Understanding, susceptible
Make a sound by a car horn as a warning or signal
Hardly ever
Banned, not allowed
Taking no notice of, paying no attention to
Laws, regulations
Irritated, angry
Protest against, complain about
Dislike, criticism
Touching somebody or something lightly especially more than once
Just, simply
On one’s own, by oneself, unaccompanied

STUDENT’S BOOK, PAGE 10

Find words or expressions on this page which mean the following:

Better, that you like more
To hit something to fall
Speaking while somebody else is speaking or doing something
Path at the side of the road where people can walk
Agreements, usually about buying, selling or working
To Estimate
Full of people
To tell people something by moving your hand, your finger,etc
To turn off, disconnect
Isolation
Ashamed, self-conscious
Untidy
To build; establish
severe
To put something in the place where you usually keep it
To not do or have something you would enjoy

STUDENT’S BOOK, PAGE 11

1. Translate the following verb collocations

RUN COLLOCATIONS

a)  To run an errand

b)  To run in the family

c)  To run wild

d)  To run a risk

e)  To run short

f)  To run a temperature

BREAK COLLOCATIONS

a)  to break the ice

b)  to break a promise

c)  to break a record

d)  to break someone’s heart

e)  to break the monotony

f)  to break a/the law

g)  to break the news

h)  to break a/the habit

2. Match the idiom with its meaning. Translate the idioms

1) to speak one’s mind a) to give sb one’s full attention

2) like talking to the wall b) to get a chance to say anything

3) straight from the horse’s mouth c) to avoid the main point

4) don’t breathe a word d) she doesn’t listen

5) to get a word in edgeways e) don’t tell anyone

6) I’m all ears f) to say what one thinks

7) to beat about the bush g) from the person who know the most about it

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